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From: "Sergey Karpukhin" <shrewd@irk.ru>
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> Dane:
>
> I am reading ADA now for the third time. Sometimes it feels as if it is
the
> first time. I think that's because it's been four years and a couple of
> hundred books, including Brian Boyd's THE AMERICAN YEARS and RUSSKIYE
GODY,
> since I last read it in its entirety.
>
> Martin Amis wrote in his preface to LOLITA (in the Everyman's Library
> edition) that every time he read the book, he marked a previously
unnoticed
> felicity or beautiful image with a vertical line in pencil on the margin.
> And with every rereading those marks were forming an interrupted vertical
> line on every page.
>
> Respectfully,
> Sergey
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:47 AM
> Subject: Fw: Re- Read
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
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> > > Greetings
> > > I (among everyone here I'm sure) have found that Nabokov is even
better
> > the
> > > second time through (third time, etc.). I have not re-read all his
work,
> > > only a few. In my experience Lolita is the most rewarding (although
Pale
> > > Fire has a close second place). Does anyone wish to sahre their
opinion?
> I
> > > understand there are quite a few Ada scholars on the list, perhaps
they
> > > could share their experiences of re-reading the opus.
> > > Dane Gill
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
From: "Sergey Karpukhin" <shrewd@irk.ru>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (46
lines) ------------------
> Dane:
>
> I am reading ADA now for the third time. Sometimes it feels as if it is
the
> first time. I think that's because it's been four years and a couple of
> hundred books, including Brian Boyd's THE AMERICAN YEARS and RUSSKIYE
GODY,
> since I last read it in its entirety.
>
> Martin Amis wrote in his preface to LOLITA (in the Everyman's Library
> edition) that every time he read the book, he marked a previously
unnoticed
> felicity or beautiful image with a vertical line in pencil on the margin.
> And with every rereading those marks were forming an interrupted vertical
> line on every page.
>
> Respectfully,
> Sergey
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:47 AM
> Subject: Fw: Re- Read
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (13
> > lines) ------------------
> > > Greetings
> > > I (among everyone here I'm sure) have found that Nabokov is even
better
> > the
> > > second time through (third time, etc.). I have not re-read all his
work,
> > > only a few. In my experience Lolita is the most rewarding (although
Pale
> > > Fire has a close second place). Does anyone wish to sahre their
opinion?
> I
> > > understand there are quite a few Ada scholars on the list, perhaps
they
> > > could share their experiences of re-reading the opus.
> > > Dane Gill
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>